PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
September 2012 to present – Art Specialist Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City, New Jersey
December 2017 – present – Alpine Ski Race Coach Level 200 – National Winter Activity Center, Vernon, New Jersey
September 2011 to 2016 – Adjunct Professor, Art Therapist Supervisor School of Visual Arts, Graduate Creative Arts Therapy Program New York, NY
September 2014-August 2015 – Clinical Art Therapy Director, Art Therapy Outreach Center, New York, NY
April 2001 to June 2012 – Art Therapist Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City, New Jersey
December 2002 to June 2003 – Art Specialist Dickinson High School, Jersey City, New Jersey Twilight Alternative High School Art Program
October 2000 to May 2001 – Director Scarsdale Teen Center, Scarsdale, New York
May 1997 to June 2000 Supervising Activity Therapist Bellevue Hospital Center, New York
EDUCATION
2011 until present The Ridgewood Conservatory, New Jersey, studying violin
1997-2010 The Art Student’s League, NY, stone carving, clay modeling, and bronze sculpture
2002 Pietrasanta Marble Carving Studio Italy, studied sculpture under Cesare Riva
2000-2003 Institute of Expressive Analysis, New York, studying psychoanalysis
1994-1996 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, MPS, Creative Arts Therapies
1988-1992 School of Visual Arts, New York, BFA – Painting, Certificate in Art Therapy
PRESENTATIONS
July 2016 American Art Therapy Annual Conference, “Art Therapy in the Schools 5 Years Later, a panel discussion”
July 2015 American Art Therapy Annual Conference, “Art Therapy Outreach Center – Free Art Therapy for Everyone – A Focus Group”
July 2011 American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference “Art Therapy from a School Administrator’s Point of View” Plenary Panel Participant
“Art Therapy in Schools: Past Program Initiation and Suggestions for Expansion” Panel,
“From Clay to Plaster: Regression to Resolution” A workshop in the Open Art Studio
“Efficacy of Creative Arts Therapies in an Urban School District”
“Men in Art Therapy: How does Libido Shape the male Therapist” Focus Group
March 4, 2011 School Of Visual Arts – The MPS Art Therapy Department “Art Therapy in the School System”
November 6, 2010 American Art Therapy Association – Annual Conference
“The Male Art Therapist: Masculine and Feminine Energy” A focus Group
November 4, 2010 American Art Therapy Association – Annual Conference
“Masks, Puppets and Video: A Quick Experiential” Workshop in the Studio
January 26, 2008 Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association Annual Conference “Creating an Art Therapy Program in the Public School System”
June 10, 2007 6th Annual New Jersey Art Therapy Conference“Changing the World with Puppets & Video”
October 2-4, 2006 Art Educators of New Jersey “Share the Passion Sculpture and the Therapeutic Process, A Workshop”
August 10-13, 2006 National Association for Drama Therapy “27th Annual Conference” “ Katrina’s Children-There’s No Place Like home”
October 10-12, 2005Art Educators of New Jersey – “Creating Connections” “Puppetry, Video and the Therapeutic Process”
November 19-24, 2003 American Art Therapy Association – Annual Conference
“The Creative Response, Art Therapist’s Witness to Our Times, Considerations for Art
Therapy in the Schools: Challenges and Rewards”
October 1-3, 2003Art Educators of New Jersey – “Art Can Change The World” “Stone Carving in the Jersey City Public Schools”
September 30, 2002Art Educators of New Jersey – “Artistic Reflection” Paper Mache: Art Therapy and the Creation of the Self”
March 16, 2002Caldwell College – “Art Therapy Bringing it Home” “Creating a Vision for Art Therapy in Education: The Success Story of the JCPS”
February 2002 Jersey City Public Schools – District Wide Workshops, “Introduction to Art Therapy” & “Countertransference and Art Therapy”
October 2, 2001 Art Educators of New Jersey – Annual Conference, “What is Art Therapy? A Panel Discussion”
October 1, 1999New York University – Child Study Center Grand Rounds “Adolescent Art Therapy on a Psychiatric Unit”
PUBLICATIONS
“Arts Talk – Let’s Create Some Robots”, Volume 4 Number 8, June 2002, published by the Jersey City Public Schools, Visual and Performing Arts Department.
“Arts Talk – Let’s Cut Some Rocks”, Volume 10 Number 5, June 2003, published by the Jersey City Public Schools, Visual and Performing Arts Department.
“NJATA News – Jersey City Public School Rocks!” Fall Issue 2003, published by New Jersey Art Therapy Association, Inc.
The Jersey City Public Schools Creative Arts Therapy Program, published by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, JCPS, 2001, revised 2007.
The Jersey City Public Schools Sculpture Curriculum, published by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, JCPS, 2007.
The Jersey City Public Schools Art Therapy Curriculum, published by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, JCPS, 2008.
EXHIBITS
2019 Up Close and Personal, The Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ
2017 Teacher as Artist Group Show, Jersey City Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ
2016 Pascack Art Association 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Ridgewood Institute
2016 MPS Art Therapy Program Faculty Exhibition “Grapeseed Oil”
2015 School of Visual Arts All-Staff Art Show, New York, NY
2013 Pascack Art Association 1st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, The Ridgewood Art Institute
2011 Gallery at The Presbyterian Church, Franklin Lakes, NJ, “Four Artists: Four Therapists”
2010 Riverdale Art Center, Riverdale, NJ, NJATA Juried Show “Art = Therapy”
2008 Metropolitan Artists, Weill Cornell Medical Library, New York, NY
2007 International Granite Sculpture Symposium, Geochang, South Korea
2007 Metropolitan Artists, “ART works…”The Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Metropolitan Artists, “Visual Vibrations” The Lafayette Grill, New York, NY
2007 Green Trees Gallery, Northfield, Mass., Northeast Fine Art Juried Exhibition
2006 10th Annual Juried Exhibition “Shapes and Lines” Estes Art Center, Colorado
2006 Jersey City Public Schools “Teacher as Artist” William Brennan Courthouse Rotunda
2005 Metropolitan Artists, Open Studios, LIC Art Weekend Paintcan Studios
2004 Metropolitan Artists, “Beyond Borders A Fine Arts Exhibition” The Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, New York, NY
2004 Westside Arts Coalition, “Creative Currents” The Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, NY
2004 Metropolitan Artists, “Reflections at Summer’s End” Weill Cornell Medical Library, NY
2004 Metropolitan Artists, Open Studios, LIC Art Weekend Paintcan Studios,
2003 Metropolitan Artists, “Fall Details-A Fine Arts Exhibition, The Cork Gallery, NY
2003 The Art Students League Merit Winner Group Show, The Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center,
2002 “Small Works; by League Instructors and Selected League Artists” Salander-O’Reilly, NY
The Art Students league Group Shows, New York, NY 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
AWARDS
2016 High Achievement Award – Pascack Association, inc. 4th Annual Tr-State Judged Exhibition
2002 Red Dot Winner, Sussman Class Show, The Art Students League, NY
2001 and 2004 Blue Dot Winner, Sussman Class Show, The Art Students League, NY
2002 Merit Scholarship Winner, The Art Students League, NY
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2014 – present – American Art Therapy Association Conference Committee
April 2014 – 2016 -Team Campgaw Alpine Ski Club – Board Member – Vice-President
December 2013 – United States Ski Association – Level 200 Ski Coach
May 2013 – Present New Jersey Art Therapy Association – Board Member – Treasurer
September 2013 – Disaster Relief Crisis Counselor – State of New Jersey
2012 – Art Therapy Outreach Center – New York, NY- Art Therapy group for Veterans
2010 – 2011 – American Art Therapy Association Technology Committee member
2009 – present American Art Therapy Association Mentorship/Ambassador Program
2000 – 2009 – Private practice in Ridgewood, NJ and New York, NY
2007 – Visiting Artist, Violent Art Sculpture Project, American Art Therapy Conference
2007 – Artist, Geochang, South Korea, International Granite Sculpture Symposium
October 24 – 28, 2005 – ArtReach Foundation, Arkansas Project 2005, Trainer
February – October 2003 – Children’s Aid Society, New York, NY, Art Therapist
ORGANIZATIONS
International Sculpture Center Since 2007
Allied Artists of America Since 2007
Metropolitan Artists Group 2003-2009
Westside Arts Coalition 2003-2009
National Sculpture Society Since 2002
NJ Art Therapy Association, Since 2001
Art Educators of New Jersey 2001-2007
National Art Educators of America 2001-2013
Life Member of the Art Student’s Leagues Since 1999
Appalachian Mountain Club Since 1996
New York Art Therapy Association Since 1995
American Art Therapy Association Since 1995